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S THE CUERO RECORD Tuesday, April 9, 1968
SPORTS PARADE
Thoughts Disclosed
By Jackie Robinson
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NEW YORK (LTD — The tele-
phone In Jackie Robinson’s
home was cut off immediately
after the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King.
It was no accident. Robinson
shut it off himself. He didn't
want to talk to anyone. Not
until he could compose himself
anyway.
It Is now five days since a
furtive sniper senselessly ended
the life of the Negro leader and
Robinson has had time to col-
lect his thoughts.
The man who broke baseball’s
color line and eventually enter-
ed its Hall of Fame did not
always agree with Dr. Martin
. Luther King, and admits it, but
he leaves no doubt how he felt
personally about the slaying and
. subsequent turmoil.
First Reaction
Q. What was your first re-
action to the killing?
A. Initially It was tremendous
aheck and disbllef.
Q. And then?
A. My next reaction was one
et retaliation and anger.
Q. What Is your reaction now
five days later?
A. My feeling Is that the killer
has to be apprehended rapidly.
Some action must be taken In
this i«»~."d.
Q. What about the looting and
burning which followed Dr.
King's death in a number of
cities around the country?
A. I understand the tremen-
dous problems and frustrations
of people in ghettos. What dis-
turbs me is that those who were
looting and carrying on were
not concerned with Martin
Luther King’s death. They were
just taking advantage of an oj>-
portunity. Looting for the pure
sake of looting is completely
wrong. We’re not violent in
nature. We have a few people
who’ll resort to this but the
great majority of our people do
not believe In this.
Q- How would you compare
the progress of the Negro in
sports to hla progress In other
fields?
A. There’s no question he has
made greater progress in sports,
particularly in baseball. How-
ever, I must be honest in say-
ing it’s a temporary thing for
as Jong as a fellow can play
baseball. One# that’s over with,
he’s through. I think it’s s
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tragedy that baseball is still
wallowing around in the 19th
century saying Negroes can't
manage white ballplayers.
Q. You disagree, of course?
A. Decidedly and vigorously.
Q. All right, then, who among
the current crop of major lea-
guers do you think eould man-
age or fill a front office post?
A. You can't find a more
qualified man than Bill White,
for one. He has a tremendous
education. Elston Howard is an-
other. And Ernie Banks an-
other. He has been around
quite awhile and he can do it.
There’s no question In my mind.
Larry Doby also could have
done it but he’s no longer in
baseball. Brooks Lawrence was
another fellow who had the
ability.
Q. Would you care to manage
a major league club if you had
the opportunity?
A. I’m not interested in get-
ting back Into basebull. I was
Interested In 1957 after I fin-
ished playing, but not now.
Had I remained in baseball, I
think my 11/e would have been
In that same narrow strata the
baseball people are In today.
Dodgers Slow
Q. How do you feel about the
slowness of your old club, the
Dodgers, in postponing tonight’s
opener with the Phillies?
A. Mr. O’Malley Is a man with
tremendous ability but also a
man with a total lacck of know-
ledge of the frustrations of the
Negro community. It grieves me
that Walter O’Malloy did not
understand the importance of
this thing.
Q. You and Willie Mays had
an exchange on the racial issue
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SATAN, played by Curt Bryan, questions the validity of the
sacrifices made by the Texans in the Alamo, in A Cloud of
Witnesses, playing throughout April and May at the Glade
Outdoor Theatre, Ban Marcos Academy campus, San Marcos,
Texas. The play tolls the story of Texas* heroic struggle for
independence, and Is produced by the Speech department,
Southwest Texas State College.
not long ago. He said ho was
doing what he eould in his own
way to further the cause of the
Negro and challenged your right
to speak for him, didn’t he?
A. I was distressed and dis-
turbed by what Willie Mays
said. He fell into the customary
trap and I think I proved my
point. All I did was agree with
a radio announcer out there.
Then of course the papers pick-
ed it up. Willie Mays went on
to say he can play every golf
course in San Francisco, he is
the first Negro to become a
member of this or the first
Negro to be that. Those state-
ments are typical of someone
interested only in his own Indi-
vidual position. And when he
says I can’t speak for him, I
have never presumed that re-
sponsibility and I would not
assume it. But as I told Willie
in my letter to him, if someone
asks me that question, I’m not
going to lie for him either be-
cause he has not contributed
or done wha is necessary. No,
Hinf$ From Heloise
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ORGANIZATIONS
Cuero Lodge No. 409
A. F. A A. M. meets
every second and
fourth Thursday each
month at 8:00 p.m
Visiting orotbers an
' always welcome.
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Secretary—Louis Buchhom
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Utii Carpenter: Commander
Calvin (Pete) Webb, Adjutant
Dear Folks:
Many, many people have writ-
ten in and told me different
ways to dry sweaters. If you
have a dryer, naturally the best
thing Is to lay It on top and
stretch It to size and let It dry
there. Other people dry them
on screens, etc.
Well, you know those alumi-
num folding chairs that have
woven plastic to the bottom and
back?
This Is the greatest for dry-
ing sweaters,' The reason is
that the air comes up from the
bottom ... It’s webbed you
know.
If you have an old chair, I
do suggest to put a bathtowel
over It first. TTiese chairs ac-
cumulate soil.
That’s why our clothes some-
times get dirty when we’re sit-
ting on them In white shorts
or slacks. These chairs need
to be washed from time to time.
So the next time you’re wat-
ering your garden, wash down
those chairs, too. They dry
quickly and the aluminum and
pi: stlc are not harmed by wat-
er.
Heloise
Dear Heloise:
When making belts for my
dresses, I cover two buckles
while I’m at it.
As this is the first part of
the dress that show's wear, it
gives me a ready - made fresh
one to replace the old, soiled
buckle.
Evelyn Street
Dear Heloise:
This is the time of year I
love to wake up in the morn-
ing and hear the birds singing.
To help them, I save all my
short pieces of string and hang
them on the clothesline for the
birds to pick off and use in
building their nests.
If they blow off on the ground,
the birds will find them there,
too.
Aren’t birds wonderful
Treva Mayer
I love ’em, too. Especial 1 y
the cardinals.
Heloise
Willie has not contributed
enough. None of us have. But
at least many of us are willing
Dear Heloise:
Because my wife saves any-
thing and everything, this
week’s shelf-cleaning broug h t
on an exclamation. “Oh dear,
I don’t know what to do with
these long-handled, colored
spoons from long-gone milk-
shakes.’’
I was going to tell her to
throw them into the trash can,
then I happened to think that
I’m the one who has to haul
it to the trash dump ... So I
said: “Why not use them as
row markers in our garden ”
She said, “That’s a wonder-
ful idea — come up w>ith some
more of them.”
How’s that for a blue-ribbon
idea?
Ross
Dear Heloise:
Many of the liquid spices
that come in regular screw-cap
jars or bottles are hard to mea-
sure when adding to food. Li-
quid smoke, for example.
I’ve found that by using an
eye dropper I can measure the
exact amount I want drop by
drop.
Housewife
Dear Heloise:
Save an empty three - ounce
plastic shampoo bottle, wash
clean and fill with clear water.
I carry one in my purse and
It is wonderful for little, sticky
hands if you have wee tots.
Mother of Three
Dear Heloise:
I needed tiebacks for my cur-
tains so I used some colorful
garters. When I need real fan-
cy ones, I cover the garter with
a pretty stitch using crochet
thread.
Mable Tillman
.. _. That’s great sir! Even
to stand up and be counted when J short spoons are good,
the time comes. Heloise
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Coach’s Lot In Russia
MOSCOW <UPD — A 59-year-
old Soviet track coach who fell
out with the directors of the
school which hired him wound
up jobless, and living in a din-
gy attic without a regular wa-
ter supply, according to a So-
viet newspaper.
“The coach did not train us j
a single ehampion in five j
years,’’ the daily Komsomols- -
kaya Pravda quoted an author-
ity at the school. “Why should
we be humane to this man?
We have to see what he is giv-
ing to society, and so far it
hasn't amounted to anything.”
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Astrodome
Crowd Is
Smallest
HOUSTON UFT — The Hous-
ton Astros beat the Minnesota
Twins 7-5 Monday before the
smallest crowd ever to see a
baseball game in the Astro-
dome. Only about 50 spectators
were present because the doors
were locked to the general pub-
lic.
The exhibition gam# had been
sccheduled for Sunday but-was
postponed because ot a day of
mourning in honor of the late
Dr. Martin Luther King Jf.'
But because of a long Htyolf,
the officials of the two teams
decided to keep the players
from losing their edge.'
Only a handful of newsman
and a few persons taking the
$1 guided tour of the domed
stadium saw the contest.
PAY RAISE
LINCOLN, Neb. (UP!) — Ne-
braska’s Bob Devaney, wlrihlrig-
est major college football 'coach
j last season, has received ~ a
I $1,000 raise to $26,500 a year ef-
fective July 1, it was announc-
ed Monday. The hike, his sixth
in as many years, makes De-
vaney one of the nation’s highest
paid college football coaches.
OLYMPIC TRYOUTS
NEW YORK (UPD - the first
in a series of six regional meets
to determine marathon' fcaoe
qualifiers for Olympic , tryouts
will be held April .21 at Santa
Rosa, Calif., the Amatuer Ath-
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The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 9, 1968, newspaper, April 9, 1968; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth703057/m1/2/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.